Graduate Student News Archive

2007

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Lynn DiPier, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, published
the poem "Reconstructing My Sister in West Virginia" in the 2007 anthology IN OTHER
WORDS and received the Editor's Choice Award, a $250 prize.

Curtis Bauer, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will
publish the poem "Matins" in the literary magazine Ninth Letter, a collaborative project
of the Department of English and the School of Art and Design at the University of
Illinois (see also www.ninthletter.com).

Andrew Howard, an M.A. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will
publish two poems: "Molting" will appear in Kaleidotrope, and "Humming" will appear
in Clapboard House. In addition, Mr. Howard's short story, "The Pull, The Weight,"
made the shortlist (of 383 entries) in the 2007 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
(see www.carvezine.com/contest.htm).

Gillian Andersen, a Ph.D. student in Technical Communication in the Department of
English, obtained $6175 in funding for a therapy project at Texas Boys Ranch of Lubbock
from the Abel-Hanger Foundation. The funding proposal grew out of Dr. Angela Eaton's
summer grant-writing course.

Ruben Quesada, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will
have four prose poems--"To William," "Four Rooms," "Santa Marta Hospital," and "Juana,
Employee No. 357172"--anthologized in a collection to be published in January, 2008
titled Bear Flag Republic, and edited by Gary Young and Christopher Buckley.

Debra Burleson, an M.A. student in Technical Communication in the Department of English,
wrote a grant as the final course project in Dr. Angela Eaton's ENGL 5377, Grants
and Proposals (Summer 2007), for Compassion Ministries that has been awarded $49,000
(the full request) by the Rapoport Foundation.

Brent Newsom, a new Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English,
will publish "Mason Buxton, Home from Work," in the prestigious Southern Review. The
poem--his first major publication--will appear in the journal's Spring 2008 issue.

Jordan Cofer, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, is
the recipient of the 2007 Sarah Gordon award for research on Flannery O'Connor. Jordan's
essay "The All-Demanding Eyes: Following the Old Testament and New Testament Allusions
in Flannery O'Connor's 'Parker's Back'," was the winning submission for this year
and will appear in the Flannery O'Connor Review.

Ruben Quesada, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will
publish three poems ("Leaving for College After Summer Vacation," "The Cell," and
"For Fifteen Minutes") in OCHO, Issue #15, guest edited by Francisco Aragon, Director
of Letras Latinas, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame.

Quan Manh Ha, a Ph.D. student in the Department of English, has published the article
"An Early Voice of Vietnamese Diaspora in Vietnamese-American Literature" in the 2007
issue of the Southeast Review of Asian Studies.

Carol Erwin, a Ph.D. student in Literature in the Department of English, will publish
in the journal Atlantikos her article "Survival, Captivity, and Community: A Comparative
Analysis of Performance in Mary Carleton, Moll Flanders, and Rowlandson's Captivity
Narrative."

Matthew Purdy, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, has
two short stories accepted for publication: "Flight" will appear in the web journal
Toasted Cheese (www.toasted-cheese.com) and "Sunny Days Are Fine" will appear in Quick
Fiction.

Carrie Jerrell, a Ph.D. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English,
is the recipient of the award for nonfiction in the 2007 TACWT (Texas Association
of Creative Writing Teachers) student writing competition for "Self Portrait in Three
Hairstyles."

Todd Rasberry, Development Officer for the College of Arts and Sciences and a graduate
student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric in the Department of English, has
learned that an ethics case he wrote will be re-printed in a technical writing textbook
and one of his book reviews will appear in the Journal of Business Communication.

Kristen Jones, M.A. student in English, is a recipient of the President's Excellence
in Diversity and Equity Award for exceptional contributions to university activities
and programs that advance the academic and professional climate of diversity and equity,
including two years as a tutor in the ESL/Literacy Service-Learning Initiative.

Crystal Ramirez, a 2006 graduate from the A&S College, was selected by the Tech Parents
Association to receive a 2006 Student Academic Citizenship Award. Dr. Colleen Fitzgerald
of the Department of English nominated Ms. Ramirez.

Dr. Greta Gorsuch, Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages
and Literatures, and Julie Sokolowski (M.A. in English, M.A. in Applied Linguistics--both
from Texas Tech University), are publishing an article on "International Teaching
Assistants and Summative and Formative Student Evaluation" in the next issue of Journal
of Faculty Development.

Lesley Shelton, M.A. student in Creative Writing in the Department of English, will
publish the essay "Pixie to Punk" in the literary journal The Smoking Poet. This was
the first essay she wrote in Dr. Jill Patterson's graduate seminar for memoir writing
this semester.

Jordan Cofer, a Ph.D. student in English, will publish "From Dishonor to Glory: Flannery
O'Connor's Pauline Allusions in 'Judgment Day'" in the upcoming issue of Intégrité:
A Journal of Faith and Learning.

Quan Manh Ha, a Ph.D. student in English, was awarded the prize for outstanding presentation
at the Southeastern Conference Association for Asian Studies in Nashville for his
paper, "An Early Voice of the Vietnamese Diaspora in Vietnamese-American Literature."